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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Surbiton 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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At the end of the year 415 persons were shown to be suffering from the disease and living within the district:-
| Ward | Cases added to Register | Cases on Register 3lst Dec. 1946 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | Transfers etc. | ||||||
| 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | ||
| Berrylands | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 61 |
| Chessington | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 57 |
| Hook and Southborough | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 52 |
| Seething Wells | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 38 |
| Surbiton Hill | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| St.Mark's | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Tolworth East | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 53 |
| Tolworth West | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40 |
| Tolworth South | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 47 |
| Totals: | 63 | 76 | 54 | 16 | 20 | 34 | 415 |
There is a slight falling off in the cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis notified.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1925.
It was not necessary to take any action under these regulations
luring the year.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172.
No action was taken under this Section.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Treatments
Completed. Incompleted.
Children treated at clinic 696 21
The division into children of school age and those under is:-
Treatments.
Completed. Incompleted.
Children of school age 63 3
Children under school age 633 18
It will be noted that 14 cases of diphtheria occurred during the
year. Three were stated to have been immunised, the records showing
that 2 were done in Surbiton, and the third outside; one case had one
dose of immunising vaccine only. Four had not been immunised at all.
SCABIES.
No facilities for treatment of scabies exist in the borough, but
arrangements have been made with the Kingston Corporation for Surbiton
cases to be treated at the Centre at Burton Road, Kingston, on payment
of the cost by the Surbiton Corporation. The charges agreed are 5/per
treatment, and during 1946 145 cases were treated.
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